Stranger in Us All

Stranger in Us All
Studio album by Rainbow
Released	August 21, 1995
Recorded	1995
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	51:44 (54:48)
Label	BMG
Producer	Pat Regan & Ritchie Blackmore
Rainbow chronology
Live in Germany (1994) ---- Finyl Vinyl (1986), United States Stranger in Us All (1995) The Very Best of Rainbow (1997) ---- Live In Europe (1986), United States

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Stranger in Us All is a 1995 album by the reformed Rainbow. Ritchie Blackmore put together a new version of Rainbow with little-known musicians in 1994. It was originally intended to be his solo album, but due to the label BMG pressures, the record was billed as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. This line-up only released the one album before Blackmore decided to pursue different musical styles and formed Blackmore's Night with his companion Candice Night. As such, this album marks Blackmore's final hard rock and roll recordings (to date.)

Released in the post-grunge mid '90s, Stranger in Us All achieved a modest success, particularly in Europe.

Much of the album featured in the live concert sets. Drummer John O'Reilly was replaced for the tour, by the returning Chuck Burgi. John Miceli joined the band for the US shows, from February to May 1997, plus one in Denmark.

The album takes its name from a line in the song "Black Masquerade".

A few songs off the album were played live by Over the Rainbow in 2008 and 2009, as the line-up of the band featured Greg Smith and Paul Morris, who played in Rainbow in 1995. The songs have been also performed occasionally by Doogie White, for example in 2004 with a band called White Noise. An official DVD recording of the band titled In the Hall of the Mountain King was released in 2005.

Track listing

All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore and Doogie White except where indicated

1. "Wolf to the Moon" (White, Blackmore, Candice Night) – 4:16
2. "Cold Hearted Woman" – 4:31
3. "Hunting Humans (Insatiable)" – 5:45
4. "Stand and Fight" – 5:22
5. "Ariel" – 5:39 (Blackmore, Night)
6. "Too Late for Tears" (White, Blackmore, Pat Regan) – 4:50
7. "Black Masquerade" (White, Blackmore, Paul Morris, Night) – 5:35
8. "Silence" – 4:04
9. "Hall of the Mountain King" (Edvard Grieg, additional arrgmt. by Blackmore, lyrics written by Night) – 5:34
10. "Still I'm Sad" (Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty) – 5:22

Japan pressing (RCA Records BVCP-862) adds the following

11. "Emotional Crime"

• Track 10 originally recorded by The Yardbirds on the album Having a Rave Up with The Yardbirds. The song was previously covered as an instrumental by the Dio-era Rainbow on Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and with vocals on Rainbow On Stage and other live albums.

• Track 5, "Ariel", was performed live by Blackmore's Night on their 2007 Paris Moon tour.

Personnel

• Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
• Doogie White - vocals
• John O’Reilly - drums
• Greg Smith - bass
• Paul Morris - keyboards

Additional personnel

• Mitch Weiss - harmonica
• Candice Night - background vocals

Production

• Mixing & Engineer – Pat Regan
• Assistant Engineers – Fran Flannery, Jesse Henderson, Ed Miller, Steve Moseley, John Reigart, David Shackney, Steve Sisco and Dug

External links

• Heavy Harmonies page